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Nature is Metal

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  • MikM Mik

    https://mossandfog.com/unbelievable-photos-show-snake-fighting-against-blue-heron/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

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    @Mik said in Nature is Metal:

    https://mossandfog.com/unbelievable-photos-show-snake-fighting-against-blue-heron/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

    ...after a prolonged 20 minute struggle, the snake finally relents,

    LOL

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      https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1kk7u8a/nature_is_so_metal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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        https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1kk7u8a/nature_is_so_metal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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        @blondie 555

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          Our duck nest is now empty. I think the mother destroyed the eggs before leaving it. I saw small pieces of shell but no larger pieces, and certainly no babies. I guess the eggs were not fertilized. She waited as long as she knew she needed to. They would have hatched by now.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            Our duck nest is now empty. I think the mother destroyed the eggs before leaving it. I saw small pieces of shell but no larger pieces, and certainly no babies. I guess the eggs were not fertilized. She waited as long as she knew she needed to. They would have hatched by now.

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            @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

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            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

              @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

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              @taiwan_girl said in Nature is Metal:

              @Horace Interesting that they instinct know whether the eggs will be good or not.

              She didn't know, beyond waiting enough time for them to hatch, which is a month. But she sat on them for a month. She only knew after they didn't hatch.

              Education is extremely important.

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                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                  Decisive. Told her twice.

                  Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                    Antisemitism sez I.

                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                      Link to video

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • MikM Away
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                        Smart snail.

                        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                          Link to video

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            He had it coming.

                            Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                              https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2025/05/31/burmese-python-florida-killed-bobcat-everglades-video-photos/83945813007/

                              Only about twice the size of domestic cats, Florida's bobcats may be small in size, but they're big in moxie.

                              Case in point: A bobcat appears to have killed a massive, 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades recently and made a meal of it.

                              The 52-pound male python was a Conservancy of Southwest Florida scout snake nicknamed Loki. Scout snakes have implanted transmitters that are tracked and used to lure breeding females.

                              The invasive snake was found in a pile of debris, apparently mauled, with its head smashed and slashed, and partially buried for later feeding.

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                                Giant centipede, after having babies, allows them to eat her for their nourishment. :eek

                                Link to video

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                                  Based.

                                  Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                                    Genes want to survive. Organisms only think they want to survive, because that thought is useful to the genes.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      I'd say that genes are just as dispassionate as LLMs are. It just happens to be the case that genes that do not contribute to replicating themselves disappear after a while.

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                                        The teeth of the Maine blood worm are made from @copper. (Just joking - made from real copper)

                                        Link to video

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                                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                          Giant centipede, after having babies, allows them to eat her for their nourishment. :eek

                                          Link to video

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                                          @taiwan_girl said in Nature is Metal:

                                          Giant centipede, after having babies, allows them to eat her for their nourishment. :eek

                                          Cannot tell from the video whether babies eat each other too. Are the babies smart enough to distinguish mother from siblings?

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